Judge denies Mark Meadows' effort to move 2020 election case in Arizona to federal court

A federal judge Monday rejected an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Ar i zona i ndictment to federal court in a case focused on efforts to overturn Donald Trump 's 2020 electoral defeat. U.S.

District Judge John J. Tuchi said that Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and "has failed to show good cause that might permit the Court to excuse the untimeliness." An attorney for Meadows did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.



In April, a state grand jury in Arizona indicted Meadows and two other former Trump aides — Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn — and several so-called “fake electors” over efforts to overturn Trump's election loss in the state in 2020. Meadows previously lost an attempt to move his Georgia indictment to federal court in a similar case. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

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